Conceptualizing operations strategy processes

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1093-1114

  Rytter, Niels Gorm ^a   Boer, Harry ^a   Koch, Christian ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Action research; Operations management; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548427495     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570710820648     Document Type: Article

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